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Ubisoft Announces Exclusive PS3 DLC for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Ubisoft has conspired with Sony to bring exclusive content to the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. The Copernicus Conspiracy DLC pack, featuring a storyline involving the heliocentric astronomer, will be a be a free download for the PS3.

SCEE Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein made the announcement with a post on the official PlayStation Blog this afternoon.

The Copernicus Conspiracy will feature extra assigments for Ezio, including courier, assassination, and protection missions. The DLC will be available for download when Brotherhood launches for the PS3 on November 16.

Ubisoft's exclusive with Sony follows the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta, which was also a PS3-only affair. The company also has brokered exclusive content deals with Electronic Arts, namely for Dead Space 2. Microsoft counters with similar exclusives for Activision titles, in particular the Call of Duty franchise.

Sharkey says: I play games on all platforms, and exclusive content deals like this, which are becoming increasingly popular, absolutely impact which version of a title I'll buy. The problem in this case is the campaign in Brotherhood is already thin. Ubisoft really owes it to fans of the franchise to include this content in all versions of the game.